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Toronto, 1999.09.12

This is a charming but flawed comedic romance by Ron Howard. It features McConaughey's role as a the 'star' of a real-life 24-hour TV show that follows him no matter where he goes. It depicts the breakup of his brother's relationship with his fiancée, his subsequent involvement with her, and the following fallout.

Bonus points for including the title My Brother Pissed On Me as a movie-within-a-movie, but loses points for pointless supporting comedic inserts and occasional dialogue failures. The stellar cast is wasted in this thing.

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong